Funtiems
So yeah. For those new to my flist, hello. In case you don't know, I'm over in England right now studying for the summer, so I'm doing a lot of random traveling and spending lots of time in new places. I do get bored frequently, though, which is how I make random connections and do weird things.
On Monday I was in Stratford for a production of "The Winter's Tale", which is definitely one of Shakespeare's weirder, more obscure plays. It was a lot of fun, the acting was good, and there was a GIANT FREAKING PAPER BEAR OMG. Anyway, I got back and just kinda messed around yesterday, and in the process of talking to visbranndrage and listening to Bradley's interesting voiceovers, I revisited hisagent's page, which lists his roles in drama school.
Like I said, I'm over here studying Shakespeare, and I'm kind of a nerd, so that part was interesting. Especially since he was Clown in "A Winter's Tale" (one of my favorite characters, next to Autolycus), AND he was Flute in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Now, for those of you unfamiliar with the play, Bottom and his friends organize a play to perform at Hippolyta and Theseus's wedding, the "tragic love story" of Pyramus and Thisby. Flute is selected to play Thisby, the beautiful young maiden, and the play is performed rather awfully. But as part of the play, the actor playing Flute has to perform the role of Thisby, so one entire scene is done in drag. Done correctly, this can be one of the funniest things you've ever seen, and it's always held a special place in my heart (I was in the play as Mustardseed as a kid). Anyway, so following logic, Bradley would have had to do drag for this. I call PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, LOL.
Um, what else? I've booked train tickets for the weekend and I have nothing to do Sunday, so I think I'm just going to head back to London. Ooh, and the summerpornathon is starting. I'm on teampridealong with sequinedfairyand kathkin. WE'LL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP. It's going to be SO MUCH FUN, yay.
Also, last night I spent a good 3 hours reading this, which I thoroughly enjoyed and highly reccomend, even though I don't play RPGs. They totally ripped this guy a new one, and it's worth it for the LOLZ. A good bit of it went over my head, but that didn't stop me from laughing until I cried and then quoting it to everyone I know. Also, this seems like the most amazing book ever written. I honestly want to buy a copy just to see the whole thing in its glory.
Oh, and self-pimping. visbranndrageand I wrote porn. You should go read it, it's good! :D